Martin Holman is an art historian and writer on contemporary and modern art. He is a regular contributor to Art Monthly and the Burlington Magazine, and has written for Art Review, Artscribe, Aspects, Art World International, Cura, the Daily Telegraph, the Literary Review, the London Magazine, The Tablet and The Times Higher Education Supplement and other publications.
He has a special interest in post-war Italian art. He has written often on Arte Povera and been closely involved with solo exhibitions about Gianfranco Baruchello, Giorgio Griffa, Paolo Icaro, Pino Pascali, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Gianfranco Zappettini and Gilberto Zorio in public and private venues in the UK and Italy.
He has written career monographs about British artists Graham Crowley, Richard Rome and Terry Setch, all published by Lund Humphries, and Barbara Nicholls (Black Dog). His essays have been published in exhibition catalogues for Camden Arts Centre, Chapter, Eagle Gallery, FAR – Galleria d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Rimini, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna, Haunch of Venison, John Hansard Gallery, Mazzoleni, Milton Keynes Gallery, Newlyn Art Gallery and other galleries.
Martin Holman lives in Cornwall.